Nut-lock



ND ModeL 0. vAUGEAN.

NUT LO0Kl No. 516,285 Patented Mar. 13, 1894.

nnt has boon turned up fo plaoo.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()EFICE,

AABON o. VAUGHAN, o' BooKEoBD, oIIo NUT-LocK.

sPoIcfLO, forooi11g )arf of TJetters afent 1To, 516,285, dated forch 13, 189

AppHoofio fled oy 15 1891. sofio1 1Tol 392.822. v (No 1odo1l) of o Wronoh as hereinoffer fuHy dosoribed.

Ei uro 1 is a Side vieW of the nnt look a pliod to aJ bolt. Eig. 2 iS an end vieW. Eig. 2 iS diagran1 illI1Strating the folation of tho nnt look to tho oirolo of tho boIt.

A TopresontS a bolt; B the Iluf, and 0 the spring ring. This is Inado of l11otfI of Sub StaJntially uniforIn tranSvorso di[nonSion,

WhoSe inner peripher is Sharpened of made v-Shaped to adapt it to ontoI' the v-Shaped throad of the bolt. ThiS inner poriphery iS 1So adjnSted to a Spiral pitoh, b11t a pitoh oither less fhan that of tho threadS on tho bolt, of soIneWhat greater than tho SaIne. The ob jeot of thiS is to oauSo fhe spring ring to bind With a latoral friotion Whon being turnod on tho bolt, Whioh friotion is of Sooh oonSidorable an1ount S to provent tho n`I1f fron turning o, and neoessifatos tho o11p1oynent of a Wronoh for opplying tho dividod ring after the Fof thi3 pnrposo the outeT periphory of tho ring iS nof preserved Within tho boondS of a trno oirolo, but is oxtondod out to forIn an angular pro iootion at, o, by oxtonding one ond of tho di vidod I'ing past tho othof ond, S in ig. 2.

Tho inner ond o of the ring doeS nof ter1ninate in tho oufve of tho oirolo of tho bolt vvhen nof appHod, bnt onrlS inWardly from Suoh oirolo With a voluto Spira1 aS Sh0Wn diagramma oauy i!1 Eig. ThiS ouSoS the innof ond f) to eXpnd SHghtly npon the threaded bolt when apphed, and to pinoh and hold theroogainst vvith a oontraotilo offeot that preventS if fron tnrning off. vvhen tho vvrenoh iS ap plied to the nut look, os shown in dotted linoS, tho point, o, aordS al boring for tho wronoh that oompels tho divided ring to tnrn and onablos fllo to overoomo tho1torl Spring Strain of tho divided ring in SoroWing it up to plaoe.

I am avvaro that varionS patontS have boon granted foI divided Spring ringS dosigoed to bo used S nnt lookS, nd I Inako no olaim to thiS broadly.

fIaaving thuS doSoribod nJy invontion, What I o1im iB 1. A nut look oonsisting of a divided Spring ring having itS ends pormanontly arfaogod in differont plnes and having one end ex tended paSt tho othof and projeofing boyond tho oirolo of tho bolt to give a boaring foI' tho vvrenoh SubStantiHy aS Shovvn and deSoribed.

2. A IIut look oonSiSting of a divided spring riog having ono of ifS ondS exfended paSt tho othor and rojeoting be ond the oirolo of tho bolt to givo a bering fo1 the Wronoh, and having itS othor end bont or onrled inWardly fro11 tho oirolo of tho bolt subStantiaHy aS ShoWn and desofibedl AABON o. vAUGHAN.

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